Every beginning is quiet — until it becomes a story only you can tell.
Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami brings together his first two short novels — Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 — offering readers a glimpse into the early voice that would evolve into one of the world’s most influential literary styles. Set in Kobe and Tokyo during the early 1970s, these interconnected narratives trace the life of an unnamed young narrator and his friend — the unforgettable Rat — as they navigate music, memory, heartbreak, and the strange beauty of everyday loneliness.

In Hear the Wind Sing, summer unfolds through bars filled with conversations, lost love, chance encounters, and the quiet search for purpose, while Pinball, 1973 dives deeper into isolation, nostalgia, and the symbolic pull of pinball machines — reminding readers how the smallest obsessions can define who we become. Together, these novels explore youthful uncertainty, emotional drift, and the desire to find meaning in a world where nothing is certain yet everything feels connected.

Publisher: HARVILL SECKER RANDOM HOUSE

Language : ENGLISH

Binding: HARD COVER

Pages : 314